Startup Files - Intermec EasyCoder PF4i User Manual

Chapter 3—Starting Up

Startup Files

Whentheprinterisswitchedon,itsbehaviordependsontheexistenceof
astartupfile(autoexec.bat)initsmemory.Therearetwocases:
ATheprinterisonlyfittedwiththeIntermecShellfile-managing
program,whichallowstheoperatortochoosebetweenavarietyof
applicationsandfunctions.
BInadditiontoIntermecShell,theprinterisalsofittedwithacustom-
madeapplicationprogramthatisdesigntoperformaspecifictask,for
exampletoprinttickets,baggagetags,orproductlabelsforacertain
company.Suchaprogrammaybeinitiatedbyastartupfile(autoexec.
bat)storedintheprinter'spermanentmemoryorinamemorycard.
Therecanbeonestartupfilestoredineachofthreedifferentpartsofthe
printer'smemory.Iftherearestartupfilesstoredinmorethanonepart,
onlyonewillbeusedwiththefollowingpriority:
1.Anautoexec.batfilestoredinamemorycard,providedthecardwas
insertedintheprinterbeforethepowerwasswitchedon.
2.Anautoexec.batfilestoredintheread/writepartoftheprinter'sper-
manentmemory(device"/c").
3.Thepup.batfile(IntermecShell)intheread-onlypartoftheprinter's
permanentmemory(device"/rom").
Note:IfyouinsertaCompactFlashmemorycardthatcontains
astartupfilebeforeyouswitchontheprinter,thisstartupfile
willbeusedinsteadofIntermecShell.
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